Daily Republican., 1887-07-08
A Not, d Confidenes W oman
The following . from last nights Phlla-

The following . from last nights fnlla-
delphia Bulletin
detective Peter Miller, With Special
Officer Whiteman OF the Seventh District,
arrested this morning, az nai STREET
Station, Elizabeth Dash, an Old offender.
The arrest was made upon warrant Is
sued In April last By Magistrate Durham,
on the oath of lydia snyder. charging
her with defrauding the latter. Mrs.
Dash's methods are as follows She goes
into a small town ana representa- that she
has won prize iu lottery She shows
telegraphic despatch advising her oi
this fact, and telling her to come to New
York and collect the mony Upon the
strength of these representations ste in-
duces her victim to loan her money
enough to convey Ter to New YORK,
promising to return the money borrowed
AS soon as she gaius her prize
When arrested the following despatch
was found upon her. It was addressed
to Mrs. Long, No. T. Gira.d street, Will
mington, Del, where Mrs. Dash was liv-
ing under the name contained In the des-
patch. The despatch read as fellows;
"JuLY 3, 1ss7.--L cannot cash your
money. You VIII have 10 be here 10 cash
| It yourself. There Will be s22j taken Of
each ticket. Start for New York as soon
as you receive this. You can get 1t cashed
At nine O'Clock to morrow morning.
viii wait Tor you. II you do not attend
toi' right away you cannot have tcashed
for sixty days"
" WILL COOPER"
This explains TIE woman = method oi
Operating Armed with this despatch sht
would gain the symratn.es Of couiid
ing woman aud borrow from her tht
money TO convey her 10 New York. 1t II
needless TO say that tn. despatch is bo
gus.
Mrs DISH wcs arrested Tor similar
offence by Detective Houser in 1876. She
! was then charged wiJn obtaining 10y false
pretences 81 900 from Mrs. ecybert, s3 {
| from David Wiley, $3.50 from Mari
| Hahn, &l25 from Adelaide Broombach
500 from Elijah tn Rcttenhower, aud
I'll from August bueher AT that time
| she lived on 81 John street. Iu lSS:
Miller arrested Mrs Dash Tor the sam,
offence, and She was tsen sentenced Il
three years In the County Prison, whlcl
she setved
HER CAEEEH ~ THIS CITY.
Mrs Dash alias Irs Long has vi.itcC
THE city sbumbcr al times, and On seyers
occasions stopped at hrs trazcr's, No /,
Girsrd street. Mrs Frazer is the coloret
woman in charge Of HE ladies' wait
Ing room at the 7 " 4 Is. Railroad sta
lt!on.
| She says that Mrs. Long, as she wa
known 10 her, frequently called a. he
house but did not 4i.c there, aud that sh,
had her letters ana tc,cg ans addrcsse,
TO No, II Gira'l stree On several oc
cAsions she told Mrs lrazer that she hst
drswn prizes in the aou,sana State Lot
jtery, and that sLc would have 10 % t,
New York to yet them cashed The des
patch found In ncr possession WIN ar
rested was received at Mrs Frszer's oi
TuesdBy, and she left this city that even
ling
| she was also frequently at Mr.. Samuc
Is Wickersham 5, No l07 French stree,
bat they never had he least suspicion Q
her true character She seemed to be
respectable, honest woman, and alwsy
hai plenty OF moicy She was known /
the Wiekershams by tho name of Dash
and was sometimes visited by a ma
whom she said was her husband.
Alter leaving this pace she hoarde
with Mrs Barbara Fischer, No. 1l3 ShiI
ley street. Here, a!5o, she went ny tn
name of Dash. On one oc occasion ehe a
tempted to borrow $50, but, although ht
true character was not known, the loa
was refused She would pay the none
lback, she said, as soon as she receive
1.-THE prize she had drawn In lottery.
II The woman Is described as a tall, spal
lferson, with lark eyes and a rather pr
d, tuding chin She is German, and, it
said, is unable to read English TIL
seems to be rue, as she frequently askt
both Mrs Frazer and Mrs, Wickersha
TO read her letters ior her.
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